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Rumaan Alam on Writing and Adapting ‘Leave the World Behind’
Bakari Sellers is joined by writer Rumaan Alam to unpack his 2020 novel Leave the World Behind (4:35), and the process of adapting it for the screen with director Sam Ismail (11:43).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Rumaan Alam
Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr.
Executive Producer: Jarrod LoadholtSubscribe: Spotify / Apple Podcasts
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We Are Open campaign gets behind Napier CBD – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
The We Are Open campaign launched a few weeks ago to support Napier businesses.
Napier City Business Inc (NBCI) is thinking outside the square with its latest campaign to encourage shoppers into the CBD.
We Are Open was launched this month with a video showing business owners from different cultures saying “We are open” in their own language.
“It was so cool. We wanted to send a very clear message, in a respectful and empathetic way. It was really easy to get everyone on board and we were so lucky it was a gorgeous blue-sky Hawke’s Bay day,” says NCBI general manager Pip Thompson.
She says the campaign launch aimed to promote the people behind the message.
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“We wanted to send the message that we have culturally diverse people who live and work in Napier and make it the wonderful place it is.”
She says retailers and hospitality have had three “really dented” years.
“I think everyone has just been hanging in there waiting for a really good season. This year was supposed to be that really good season.”
Thompson believes a national communications focus on Napier city being the heart of Cyclone Gabrielle hasn’t helped.
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“It was a rural disaster that did impact people from Napier’s CBD, but the CBD was unaffected.”
She says when a tourist off a cruise ship asked her how long it had taken to clean up the CBD after the cyclone, she had an “aha” moment.
“I realised this was what the world had…
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Four behind bars after meth, marijuana found in separate traffic stops – Medical Marijuana Program Connection
HORTON, Kan. (WIBW) – One man from Kansas and three from South Dakota are behind bars after meth, marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found in two separate traffic stops in Brown Co.
The Brown Co. Sheriff’s Office says that around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, officials stopped a vehicle in the area of 5th Ave. and W. 15th St. in Horton for a traffic violation.
During the stop, officials noted that K-9 Carla indicated that drugs had been in the vehicle and an investigation ensued.
During the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office said about 6 grams of methamphetamine, pipes, baggies, needles, syringes and marijuana were seized as evidence.
As a result, officials said John Whipple, 23, of Sioux Falls, S.D., Eric Cournoyer, 39, of Wagner, S.D., and Brand Langland, 56, of Sioux Falls, were all arrested. All three were booked into jail on possession of meth, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Sheriff’s Office noted that Horton Police and Sac and Fox Police both aided in the investigation.
Then, around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26, officials said they stopped another vehicle in the area of 250th and Prairie Rd. for a traffic violation.
During this stop, officials also said meth, marijuana and paraphernalia were found. As a result, Zach Brown, 40, of Highland, was booked into jail on possession of meth, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and a felony warrant for parole violation.
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